Sharples, George, Private, 9896, 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Previously served with 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Disembarked for service 18th December 1914
Born Glossop, Derbyshire
Enlisted Glossop
Killed in action 3rd October 1915 aged 23
Brother of Mrs. F. Close, of 44, Edward St., Glossop, Derbyshire.
Commemorated on the Loos Memorial

1911 Census
A cotton mill oddman and labourer
Stepson of John Henry Higginson, a coal merchant's carter, and son of Eliza Higginson, of 44, Edward Street, Glossop, Derbyshire

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